Raynes Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 26 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Merton
Unique reference
102674
Address
Bushey Road, SW20 0JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1190 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
29.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.1%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.3%
Other White 16.6%
Mixed 15.3%
Other Asian 7.1%
African 7%
Other 4.5%
Caribbean 3.7%
Pakistani 3%
Indian 2.2%
Other Black 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 58%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 52.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.92
Local authority average 4.82
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award28
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award64
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Raynes Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
75
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
186
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
74
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
41
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
82
95
Year 8
199
94
105
Year 9
206
120
86
Year 10
214
107
107
Year 11
198
102
96
Year 12
107
68
39
Year 13
89
48
41
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
91.4%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
23.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
61.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
5.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
0.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
3.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
3.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
82.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
24.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022